References & Acknowledgements



Below are a list of references used in creating this site:



Books



Beiser, G., and Beisser, A., (1964), The Story of Cosmic Rays, (J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd)



Friedlander, M.W., (1989), Cosmic Rays, (Harvard University Press)



Grant, I.S., and Phillips, W.R., (1996), Electromagnetism, 2nd Edition, (Wiley and Sons)



Ohanian, H.C., (1985), Physics, 2nd Edition, (Penguin Books Cnadada Ltd)



Perkins, D.H., (1987), Introduction to High Energy Physics, 3rd Edition, (Addison Wesley Publishing)



Rice-Evans, P., (1974), Spark, Streamer, Proportional and Drift Chambers, (The Richelieu Press)



Roberts, A., (1961), Development of the Spark Chamber: A Review. The Review of Scientific Instruments, 32(5) 482-498



Weinberg, E.J., and Pisarski, R.D., (eds.), (1996), Physical Review D, Particles and Fields, (The American Physical Society)



Williams, W.S.C., (1997), Nuclear and Particle Physics, (Oxford Science Publications)



Internet Sites



Mewaldt, R.A., http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/dick/cos_encyc.html



Cosmic Rays, http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wcosray.html



Cosmic Rays, http://fangio.magnet.fsu.edu/~vlad/pr100/100yrs/html/chap08_intro.htm



The Particle Adventure, http://particleadventure.org/index.html



Periodic Table of Elements, http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/



Birmingham Elementary Particle Physics, http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk





Acknowledgements



I would like to thank everyone from the Particle Physics Research Group at the University of Birmingham, especially Dr J. A. Wilson for his comments, Dr L. S. Lowe for advice on constructing a web-site and Mr D. Grant for taking the photographs seen in this site.



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